Ok, here's the situation: I had the 9th overall pick along with 2 supplemental picks. I was away and didn't set my draft to conservative. So the 9th overall pick turned out to my second overall choice. A pretty good pitcher.
He wants $6.5 million. I have $6.6 left. Because of this I can't sign my other 8 picks right after. Those picks look like an ave/above-ave CF, a #4 SP, SUB, no-power Mark Grace type 1B, and a backup catcher. The rest are AAAA types. This is with a $14 budget for scouting.
I'm too deep in the season to clear $6.5 million via trade so I think the choice is either sign him and lose the others, or sign the others and lose him.
So I have offered his demand 8 times. Each time, he wants to go play Ice Hockey. At some point, if he doesn't accept, I'll have to cut bait and sign the other guys.
Questions:
1) Lets say he turns me down the 8th time. If I then withdraw the money to pay the others, I lose that replacement pick the next season correct?
2) With $14 million in budget I am thinking that he's not gonna hit those numbers. Thoughts on that?
3) Even if those other guys don't quite hit their numbers (all have makeup of 78 or higher) is it foolish to go for the one good BLer and pass on 4 probable BLers?
4/26/2016 8:15 AM (edited)